Safety-hook



(N0 Model.)

C. E. CARR.

SAFETY 1100K.

No. 342,730. Patented May 25, 1886. W F- illllll WITNEEEEE. 1. 913 ZZQMUNITED v STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE E. CARR, OF ANDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SAFETY-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,730, dated May25,1886.

Application filed January 13, 1886. Serial No. 188,384. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. CARE, of Andover, in the county ofMerrimack and State of New Hampshire, a citizen of the United States,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Hooks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device known as a safety-hook, and isparticularly adapted to serve as a connection for parts of harness, andespecially for the attachment of a breaststrap or tug to any appropriateportion of a harness-hame; and its object is to provide such anattachment that the part to be attached may be readily attached,removed, or replaced when desired, while at the same time any accidentalremoval or displacement is prevented.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my improved safety hook asconstructed in the form now best known to and preferred by me.

Figures land 2 are side views of the lower portion of a hame of ordinaryconstruction, in which are represented the application and method of useof my improved safety-hook as a means of attachment for aholdback-strapand a tug, respectively. In Figs. 3 and4 I have represented asafety-hook on an enlarged scale, and have also illustrated slightmodifications in the contour of its slots.

My improved safety-hook is formed from a single piece of metal ofsufficient size and thickness to meet the strain to which it is to besubjected; and it consists of a central bent portion adapted to engagewith the part to which it is to be attached, which, in the case of ahame, will be ordinarily either the lower start or the staple,ordinarily found upon harness-hames, and with which the connection ofthe tug or breast-strap is made. In connection with the central part, A,described, I form two opposite depending parts, B B. In each of theseparts I form a slot extending. from one side to about the center, andthese slots are so formed as to be transverse, or so that the closedpart 'of either shall lie opposite the open part of the other.

turned it will enter the opposite slots.

A ring, loop, or link is in practice to be inserted and retained in myimproved safetyhook, to which ring or link the tug or breast strap abovementioned may be attached in any desired manner. To introduce this ring'into the safety'hook the ring is passed in flat between the dependingparts of the safetyhook to a sufficient distance, or so that when Thetwo parts of the safety-hook may now be further compressed together, andmay be then fastened by a rivet, or otherwise, if required.

An especial feature of advantage of my improved safety-hook,particularly when used as a hame attachment, is, that both it and thering or loop used in connection with it may be readily attached,removed, or replaced without in any way disturbing the hame start orstaple.

I am aware that heretofore two overlapping hooks have been used, havingtheir points turned in opposite directions and mounted independentlyupon the staple of the hame. Such a construction is undesirable, in thatit multiplies the number of parts,and also weakens the strength of eachpart. My improved safety-hook, being formed from a single plate ofmetal, as shown, obviates those disadvantages, and furnishes a cheaperand more effective attachment than those already in use.

I claim- In a safety-hook of the character described, the combination,with a single central curved portion or sleeve, A, of two hooks, B B,each depending from and connected with the said sleeve and provided withoppositely-located slots or openings of the character described, allsubstantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 4th day ofJanuary, A. D. 1886.

CLARENCE E. CARR.

"Witnesses:

GEORGE W. STONE, WILLIAM H. GRAY.

